A Gamers (Quick) Perspective

As political figures meet on various issues, gamers are still focusing on past and present games. From NBA 2K13 to Paper Mario Sticker Stars, gamers are trying to beat their holiday games and worry less about why people still use Grand Theft Auto as a factor for tragic events,

This is not a time to blame games or media or anything for what happens in a tragic event. They can do all the studies and hear from experts or even journalist in the game community but when all of it blows over, would anything get done and was it worth the time, money, and effort?

There are many factors why these have or can happen. Though with less ways of prevention, the cycle will still continue to go on. For one that a lot of politicians, in my opinion, have not recognize is that the game industry have been policing itself and stores have been taking precaution on the sell of games. The parent or customers are being informed of the product and there are pamphlets about the rating systems.

Just like movies and even tv shows, all of them have their individual ratings and played at times that networks or theaters deem important of when it is being shown. A lot of shows or interviews never discuss this. They just say what they think people need to hear to make their 15 minutes of fame or attention be noticeable.

If people are going to have a talk about Mature games, I think that person needs to do their own research and not have their assistant or someone they hired to do that job for them. If they think Grand Theft Auto is the cause, then they need to play it for themselves without no help. Also, if they believe that shooters teach kids how to use guns, then tell me why that wasn’t invented at the time guns were actually made? Sounds silly but I’m using their form of logic.

We’re going to see a shift in the future and games are going to touch different topics and themes (hopefully) in the future while the outsiders will use the same logic and speech when or if another tragedy happens. Soon, the circle will break and they will have nothing else to use for their argument.